First names in Hebrew

First name Sender: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

סענדער

Gematria value: 454

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Sender is written סענדער

Meaning and origin

What does Sender mean?

Meaning: Yiddish form of Alexander, "protector of people"
Origin: Yiddish

Sender is the Yiddish form of Alexander, a Greek name meaning “protector of people”, from alexein, “to protect”, and aner, “man”. Jews have carried it since antiquity, and it was common among the Jews of Eastern Europe; it is still given in Hasidic families.

Gematria

Sender = 454

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. סענדער has 6 letters:

• סthe letter Samekh60
• עthe letter Ayin70
• נthe letter Nun50
• דthe letter Dalet4
• עthe letter Ayin70
• רthe letter Resh200
• Total454

The verse of the name

From the letter Samekh to the letter Resh

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Sender, from ס to ר:

סְמוּכִים לָעַד לְעוֹלָם עֲשׂוּיִם בֶּאֱמֶת וְיָשָׁר׃

“They stand firm forever and ever, made in truth and uprightness.”

Psalms 111:8

The book of your first name

Sender, in nine pages

• Sender, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Sender
• Sender, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Sender in three answers

How do you write Sender in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Sender is written סענדער.

What is the gematria value of Sender?
Written סענדער, Sender is worth 454: the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Resh (200).

What does Sender mean?
Yiddish form of Alexander, "protector of people (origin: Yiddish). Sender is the Yiddish form of Alexander, a Greek name meaning “protector of people”, from alexein, “to protect”, and aner, “man”. Jews have carried it since antiquity, and it was common among the Jews of Eastern Europe; it is still given in Hasidic families.